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Event war Africa

Italo-Senussi War

1911 CE – 1932 CE

A brutal 20-year colonial war in Libya. Italy's pacification campaign under General Graziani included concentration camps, mass executions, and forced displacement of the entire Cyrenaican population.

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Conflict · Africa

Italo-Senussi War

1911 CE – 1932 CE

A brutal 20-year colonial war in Libya. Italy's pacification campaign under General Graziani included concentration camps, mass executions, and forced displacement of the entire Cyrenaican population. Resistance hero Omar Mukhtar was publicly hanged in 1931.

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